NEWMILNS ENTERPRISE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC504507 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-28
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-29
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-05-29
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-05-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-05-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2024-05-29
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-05-29
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-05-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-05-14
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    KELLY, Robert resigned
    director
  11. 2024-05-14
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    SHARP, John Anthony resigned
    director
  12. 2024-05-13
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    JOHNSON, Mary Morton appointed
    director
  13. 2024-05-13
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    VINCENT, Graham William appointed
    director
  14. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-05-14
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As NEWMILNS ENTERPRISE COMPANY LIMITED
  22. 2015-04-28
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    KELLY, Robert appointed
    director
  23. 2015-04-28
    ➕
    SHARP, John Anthony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham William Vincent
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest13/05/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Anthony Sharpceased 14/05/2024· significant influence · trust interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-04-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

4 Brown Street
Newmilns
Ayrshire
KA16 9AA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-15
Last: 2025-05-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

JOHNSON, Mary Morton→
director · ~68y · appointed 2024-05-13
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Active
VINCENT, Graham William→
director · ~63y · appointed 2024-05-13
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Active
KELLY, Robert→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-04-28 · resigned 2024-05-14
Resigned
SHARP, John Anthony→
director · ~78y · appointed 2015-04-28 · resigned 2024-05-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-05-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06